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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00006_NOV2020DV0346_20200810ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH rXreerar NORTH CAROLINA &1Wr6nMent4f QU92&y CERTIFIED MAIL # 7018 1130 0000 1612 7796 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED August 10, 2020 Michael Borchers, E P City of Greensboro PO Box 3136 Greensboro, NC 27402-3136 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0346 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2020 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00006 Greensboro Collection System Guilford County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by City of Greensboro. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Greensboro violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00006 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by G.S. 143-215.1. The Winston-Salem Regional Office is providing the City of Greensboro an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Greensboro should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202001329 5/5/2020 164 810 Warehouse St. Debris in line 9,000 9,000 Notice of Intent 202001330 5/5/2020 48 Off ramp of US 29 S & Pipe Failure (Break) 1,500 1,500 Notice of Violation Textile Dr North Carokka Oepartrnent of Environmental Quality I DhAsion of Water Resources WinsrtonSaiem Regianaa Office 1450 West Hafies Will Road, Swte 300 I WinstonSaJern, North Carom$ 27105 �.}}�.��. ��5��yy arts 6�� 336-776_68J O Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202001339 5/7/2020 242 3 Dumont Court Pipe Failure (Break) 300 300 Deficiency, No Further Action 202001351 5/8/2020 300 1619 Stanley Rd Debris in line 3,500 3,500 Notice of Intent 202001352 5/9/2020 164 2508 Grimsley St Grease 1,500 Notice of Violation 202001353 5/9/2020 22 1900 East Bessemer Debris in line 200 200 Notice of Violation Ave 202001354 5/10/2020 135 1619 Stanley Rd Debris in line 2,200 2,200 Notice of Violation 202001404 5/19/2020 113 1619 Stanley Road Debris in line 2,200 2,200 Notice of Violation 202001593 5/21/2020 460 1109 Sunset Drive Severe Natural 12,000 0 Notice of Intent Condition This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. Additionally, please explain in your written reply how the 12,000 gallons spilled in incident 202001593 was contained and prevented from reaching surface water, If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.boone@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Doc uS�igfned<by: mder -4'B49E225C94EA... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office - WQS File Central Files, Water Quality Section NorthC'3ro;inaDepsrtmentoffnvironrnentalQua:ky I D;usioirofWater Resouroes WinstonSa;eir. F .onaJOffice 1 450 West Hanes Miil Road. Swte30D I WinsbanSakem, North Caroi:na 27105 'r" '� 336-7 76-9300